Whether you’re a freelancer or a business owner, you require accounting to make your company’s budgets, track cash flow, and make financial decisions. Chances are that you use a separate tool for accounting and manually send your transactions into that tool to account for them. But what if you could cut down on this busy... The post Zoho Invoice + QuickBooks Online: Account for your sales transactions automatically appeared first on Zoho Blog ..read more

It was 2007, and Zoho was three years into building cloud applications. After launching our first few products for sales and collaboration, we set out to solve finance challenges and help business owners stay on top of their cash flow. We launched Zoho Invoice in 2008, and we still remember the joy and excitement when... The post Leveling the playing field: Zoho Invoice is now free for SMBs everywhere appeared first on Zoho Blog ..read more

We’re all witnessing the effect that COVID-19 is having on businesses throughout the world. As CX expert Shep Hyken remarked: “In difficult times, it is more important than ever to maintain or boost the customer experience.” While standing up for customers is definitely a priority, it’s equally important to have a positive cash flow and ensure you don’t run low on reserves. Here are a few best invoicing practices that can help you maintain a balance: 1. Communicate clearly and candidly with your customers Customers might have to make tough choices during these uncertain ti ..read more

Timesheets are an integral part of any business where the clients are billed or the payroll is processed based on the hours worked. But without an approval system in place, things could go wrong, from unaccounted time entries, to incorrect invoices, to wrongly billed clients. And that is precisely why we at Zoho Invoice have introduced timesheet approval. Why do you need timesheet approval? Consider this scenario. Emily runs a website design company and she has generated a quote for a client for a new project. The client has promised to pa ..read more

Zoho Invoice and Zoho Books have introduced a gallery of exclusive Christmas and New Year themes. Choose your favorite one and add a personal seasonal touch to your estimates and invoices.   To use one of these themes on your templates, click the Gear icon () in the upper right corner of your organization and select Templates > Edit > Header/Footer > Background Image > Choose from Gallery. The season is already here! Sign in to your Zoho Invoice/Zoho Books account and share your festive happiness with your customers. Merry Christmas&nb ..read more

Let’s say that you own a business where you’re paid for the services you offer. You have to let your customers know the exact number of hours spent on each service so that they can pay you accordingly. However, there’s always some confusion during invoicing time. This is due to either the client disagreeing with the worked hours you’ve submitted, or a lack of proper communication. Zoho Invoice has come up with the Client Approval feature to help you in this situation. This is an exclusive feature for the Timesheet module in Zoho Invo ..read more

Hi everyone! With immense happiness, we’re celebrating the fact that we have just completed the tenth successful year of Zoho Invoice!   Ten years ago, we wanted to provide a simple invoicing software that would help freelancers and small business owners to fulfill their invoicing needs. We released Zoho Invoice on March 28, 2008. Since then, we’ve never looked back. Over the years, Zoho Invoice has come a long way. It’s become more feature-rich, more intuitive, and more beautiful than ever.              &nbs ..read more

Do you accept payments online? Can I pay online? These are the questions that business owners are asked on a daily basis. Online payments have become a part of doing business, and here at Zoho, we try to make them as simple as possible. Zoho Invoice is popular with freelancers and small business owners, who appreciate the ability to create and send invoices and collect payments from anywhere. Similarly, Square has revolutionized the payments game and become a payment gateway of choice among business owners. If you are looking for a safer, swifter and smoother way to accept paym ..read more

Quite often, you find yourself with too much data and too little insight. While Zoho Invoice has always had a set of built-in reports that meet the needs of most businesses, there is always a need for customization, depending on the type of business. Zoho Invoice provides you with reports on the sales you’ve made, payments you’ve received, and more. But what if you want to do more with that data? Make a report of sales to customers from a specific region? Run a report on total sales made and amount received for a particular month? That’s where the integration between Zoho Invoice and Zoho Ana ..read more

Are you a business owner with an unending list of overdue invoices? What if we told you that those outstanding invoices can now be instantly turned into cash?  Zoho Books and Zoho Invoice integrate with Fundbox, a cash flow optimisation tool. If you’re approved for Fundbox, it allows you to get an advance on your unpaid invoices so you have funds to take your business to the next level. Sounds interesting — tell me more Fundbox makes access to credit available to freelancers and small businesses by providing advances on outstanding invoices. Fundbox works with ma ..read more